Exclusive deal for use of 39A needs scrutiny, two congressmen say

6:30 AM,
Jul. 26, 2013

Written by

James Dean
| FLORIDA TODAY

Two congressmen have written NASA this week expressing "strong concerns" that the space agency might award use of a Kennedy Space Center launch pad to one company, widely understood to be SpaceX.

U.S. Reps. Frank Wolf and Robert Aderholt, both members of a House subcommittee that approves NASA budgets, said Launch Complex 39A is a "unique, taxpayer-funded asset" that should be available to multiple rocket launchers.

"It is surprising that NASA appears to be racing to lease LC-39A with little transparency and absent Congressional consent," they wrote to NASA Administrator Charles ...